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Chapter 24

Kenny's POV

It's been over a month since Tammy went to jail and my baby boy died. I've been trying to contact Red, but she's not speaking to me. I found out she had a private burial for our son and she didn't bother to tell me about it. That hurt more than anything. I would've loved to say goodbye again to the little guy.

Right now, Stan's at my house trying to convince me to out to eat with him, Wendy, and Kyle. I'm really not going to be good company so I wish he would leave it alone. "You need to get out of the house. Moping isn't good for you or your kids." Stan tells me.

"I'm not moping!" I snap at him.

"Yes you are and it isn't healthy."

I sigh. "If I go out, who's going to watch the kids?"

"Daddy, I can watch Johnny." Sadie steps in. "I'm almost 13."

"I don't know..."

"Oh come on, I've babysat him before! Go out with Uncle Stan!"

I sigh. "All right..." I figured I might as well go. I know Stan, he's not going to leave me alone until I say yes.

"Good dude! You won't regret it!" Stan smirks.

"Call me if you need anything." I tell Sadie.

"I will, have fun."

Once we arrive at the restaurant, I notice Stan whispers something to the hostess and she nods. "What was that all about?" I ask him.

"Oh nothing." He has the widest grin on his face so I know he's up to something. The question is, what? "Let's head to our table."

I raise my eyebrow. "How do we have a table already? We just got here."

Stan laughs. "Trust me." I follow him and we head into a private room in the back and I see Wendy and Red sitting at a table.

"What the hell is this?" Red asks Wendy.

"We wanted to get the two of you together so you can talk." Wendy explains.

"I don't have anything to say to him!" Red stands up, but Wendy grabs her arm.

"Give him a chance."

"Is that going to bring my son back?"

Wendy shakes her head. "No, but remember, he lost a son too."

"He didn't even want him!"

"That's not true." I step in.

"Yes it is! You said you didn't want any more kids!"

I nod in agreement. "But I also told you I was excited about the new baby."

"So excited that you didn't even bother to come to my appointments!"

"I apologized for that."

"You never called or came over to see how I was feeling!"

"I apologized for that too."

Red frowns. "That's the best you can do?"

"What else do you want me to do? I told you I would make this up to you."

"You can't! Our baby is dead and it's because of you!"

"Red, you can't blame Kenny for what happened." Wendy tells her.

"Yeah. He wasn't driving the car." Stan adds in.

"It doesn't matter! His wife is responsible for this so he's just as guilty!

"Be reasonable Red! What was Kenny supposed to do?"

"He should've protected us, but instead he stayed away!"

"I didn't mean it Red. I'm-" I begin to say, but I'm interrupted.

"Yeah, yeah, you're sorry. I'm sick of hearing your empty apologies! It means nothing."

I get down on one knee in front of Red. I take her hand. "If you will let me, I promise you I'll spend the rest of my life making this up to you. Like I told you before, we can try again after we get married."

She pulls her hand away. "What makes you think I'll still marry you? Did you forget that you dumped me? Even after finding out I was pregnant, you didn't want me so why should I want you?"

I lower my head and nod. "You're right. I thought I was doing it to be fair to you, but instead I hurt you. I was wrong and I want another chance. I want to be with you!"

"I don't want or need you!"

I look up at her. "But I need you..."

"What?"

"I need you in my life. You made me not only a better man, but a better person! I can't see the rest of my life without you in it. I love you with all my heart Red." I start to tear up. "I don't want to lose you…"

Red begins to tear up as well. "I love you too Kenny. But you've hurt me so many times…"

"I know and I'm going to work on that. You're one of the last people I would ever want to hurt."

"You don't have time for me either." Red starts crying.

"I'll make more time for you. It was hard at the time giving everything that was going on plus I had to put my kids first."

She wipes her eyes. "I'm sorry, but your kids are manipulating you."

"Red!" Wendy's jaw drops as does mine.

"Why would you say that?" I ask as I stand up.

"They've been doing it since Tammy's "death". Sometimes I wonder if they were in on it. They were too calm when she came back."

"That's not true. Sadie was really angry with Tammy. She still is!"

"She still manipulates you! You don't make any life changing decisions without consulting your kids first! Did you forget who the parent is?"

"If it affects them, then yes I do tell them!"

"When they tell you no, you listen! I get it, your kids come first! They really don't want you having another baby, so I don't see how that's going to work out for us!"

"That's not fair! It's like you want me to choose you or my kids!"

She shakes her head. "That's not what I want. I love your kids and I think you're a great father to them. However, I was pregnant with your son and you acted like he wasn't important. It made me feel like you didn't care. I'm sure it would've been the same if he survived!"

"I swear I wouldn't."

"Well it's too late now. Our son didn't make it and it's because of you and your jealous wife!"

I take her hand again. "We're both hurting. Let me be there for you. You had him buried and didn't even tell me. That's something we should've did together."

Red shrugs and wipes her eyes again. "I figured you would be too busy to attend."

"I would've been there. We never even gave him a name. What did you put on the headstone?"

She shakes her head and cries. "I didn't give him a name."

"Why not?"

"I couldn't do it!" I pull her into a hug. "The name on his headstone is Baby Boy McCormick."

"That's ok."

She looks at me. "I'm sorry for not telling you."

"You don't have to apologize. Can we start over?"

She pulls away. "I need time..."

"Time for what?"

"Talk to me when you're divorced!" She runs off and Wendy goes after her.

"Red!" I yell after her. I try to go after her, but Stan stops me.

"Dude let her go."

"I love her Stan. I don't want to lose her."

"Just give her some space." I nod and look and see she's long gone. I'm wondering if she'll ever give me another chance. I truly fucked up the best thing that's happened to me. I don't know if I can ever get her to forgive me…

A/N: Next chapter is the last one! Do you think Kenny and Red should/will get back together?